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In this Adobe Photoshop CS2 tutorial, Richard Harrington goes over a few new filters in Photoshop CS2, specifically the filters that work well for touching up video frames. The first filters Richard reviews are Smart Sharpen and Reduce Noise. This is a great technique for cleaning up footage with grain that has been shot with a 16mm camera or use remove JPEG artifact for DV footage that has artifacting from compression.

CS2 Enhancement Filters - 2Play VideoPart of this series going over more new filters in Photoshop CS2. Richard places a logo over his photo graphic and uses the image warp tool to transform the graphic. Additional features discussed in this tutorial are the font text preview in the font list, multiple layer selection, layer groups and zoom scrolling.

THE BLUR LABPlay VideoAdobe Photoshop CS6 includes three new blurring filters. Rich Harrington will show you new ways to blur specific areas in a photo, as well as achieve tilt sheet and vignette effects.

THE ADAPTIVE WIDE ANGLE COMMANDPlay VideoAdobe Photoshop CS6 adds to an existing feature that you may not have even been using called Photomerge. Rich Harrington will show you the new Adaptive Wide Angle command to remove all of the lens and perspective distortion in merged photos. You will also learn how to use these exact techniques with video footage, too.

Adobe created quite a stir when it recently announced a public beta for the next major update to Photoshop. Is this the result of some very smart marketing, or perhaps an act of desperation, due to the harsh economic realities facing most creatives these days? What is the future of this critical production tool?

Lite Bite for Photoshop: Using Masks on GroupsPlay VideoUsing masks to speed up web design can help you show multiple graphic ideas with the least amount of effort for best effect. In this tutorial, Martin Ainsworth willl show you how to add a mask to a folder and add content to it.